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In reply to the discussion: I'm getting super fed up with Israel/Palestine posts here [View all]Violet_Crumble
(36,003 posts)I/P nearly took over GD many years ago when DU was very fresh and new. Like there is now, there was ugliness, accusations of all sorts of nasty stuff, and a belief that every keystroke they do is going to change others minds. Some people just don't want to see the I/P conflict being replayed blow by blow on GD. The I/P forum was a place where if you wanted to you could get in depth about the conflict and where the moderators knew their stuff, unlike now. I miss it, tbh, and the old I/P folk like DuctapeFatwa, Aidoneus, bemildred, Jem Note, and even the very angry GabysPoppy...
I have mixed views on it being in GD now. Some days I read for entertainment and marvel at the number of 'experts' on the conflict that post non-stop about it and seem to think all was fine because Israel was going okay before 7 Oct. But I don't like seeing some DUers throwing nasty accusations at each other (antisemitism, supporters of Hamas, supporters of genocide etc). You should all be better than that, though that's just my opinion, not a fact lol...